Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

A rare pair of huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs, quanshiyi 17th century (2) image 1
A rare pair of huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs, quanshiyi 17th century (2) image 2
Lot 81TP,Y

A rare pair of huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs, quanshiyi
17th century

16 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £471,062.50 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

A rare pair of huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs, quanshiyi

17th century
Each with a wide curving toprail continuing to the armrests with curled back ends, the back corner posts continuing to the back legs below the hard mat seat set within the rectangular frame above a waisted apron supported by shaped spandrels on the front and sides finely carved with writhing chilong and square-shaped legs terminating in hoof feet, the wood of a rich honey-brown tone with an attractive patina, possibly with later additions. Each 62cm (24 3/8in) wide x 49.5cm (19 1/4in) deep x 98cm (38 1/2in) high. (2).

Footnotes

十七世紀 黃花梨圈椅成對

Provenance: a British private collection, formed circa 1980s-1990s.

來源:英國私人收藏,成形於約二十世紀八十至九十年代

Compare with a related rare huanghuali and jichimu yokeback armchair, 17th century, formerly in the collection of Dr Isaac Newton of Edinburgh, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 April 1987, lot 590. The construction of the present lot is rare, however, it is not unknown for a chair to have a stool-type seat frame with legs terminating in hoof-feet. Wang Shixiang illustrates a chair probably composed of a stool and associated back in Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1986, pl.40. See also a related horseshoe-back armchair, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Ming Qing gongting jiaju daguan, vol.1, Beijing, 2006, p.94, pl.67.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

Mille Miglia eligible 1930 Lancia Dilambda 1st Series Sports Tourer

Chanel: a Lilac Aged Calfskin 'Kelly' Mini Bag Spring 2024

1931 Invicta 4.5-Litre S-Type Low Chassis Sports

2012 Bentley Mulsanne Saloon

The ex-Earls Court Motor Show 1968 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 Coupé

49 kilometres from new 1989 Ferrari 328 GTS Targa Coupé

Chanel: a Navy Blue Crocodile Camellia Mini Flap Bag 2017-18

Chanel: a Simulated Pearl Necklace and Earring Suite Collection 26, Autumn/Winter 1991

Hermès: a Nata Swift Leather In-and-Out Retourne Kelly 25 Limited Edition, 2022

Hermès: a Shiny Miel Crocodile Sellier Kelly 32 2012

Hermès: a Rose Pourpre Epsom Leather Sellier Kelly 28 2018

Chanel: a Crystal and Simulated Pearl Long Necklace 1990s

Emanuele Pantanella: a Carved Hardwood 'Toucan' Clutch Bag 1990s

Hermès: a Shiny Black Niloticus Crocodile Sellier Kelly 32 1997

Offered from an important overseas collection 1974 Ferrari 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer

Hermès: a Bleu Saphir Niloticus Lizard Birkin 25 2018

Hermès: a Bleu Frida Chamkila Chevre Leather Mirror Constance 18 2023

Property of a deceased's estate 1972 De Tomaso Mangusta Coupé